Last Week's Ten Biggest Posts

You wanted: Telstra's NBN data boost, the latest Amazon factory news and dumb science facts believed by Australians. Kick off your Monday by checking out the ten most popular posts from last week.

It's Official: An NBN Pricing Shakeup Is ComingNBN Co has revealed it is working on new "confidential" pricing models with internet and phone providers in an attempt to improve the network's bang-for-buck. By the end of the year, a new wholesale access model is expected to be announced that has the potential to end the "tax on megabits". Here's what you need to know.

Telstra Is Doubling Data For All NBN CustomersTelstra has announced that all customers on NBN plans will soon receive double their current data allowance - which is good news for 4K Netflix fans. Furthermore, users who currently pay more than $99 a month will be migrated to unlimited NBN plans. Here are the details!

Is It Legal For ISPs To 'Force' You Onto The NBN?By most accounts, the National Broadband Network (NBN) is a bit of a dog's breakfast. The project has been variously described as slow, expensive, unreliable, poorly implemented, unfair, needlessly restrictive and obsolete - and those are just the criticisms we can print.

Do Monster Megalodons Still Lurk In Our Waters?The sighting of a seven-metre shark off the South Australia coast last year excited the world's media with some making reference to the great white that featured in the classic 1975 film Jaws. It was certainly a big shark but there are tales of even bigger beasts lurking in our waters.

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